Sasikaran miss a win and miss the boat!!

 

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Bacrot,E 2700 Sasikiran,K 2664 World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (2.2) 25.11.2009

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.g6 fxg6 15.Qg4 Qe7 16.Bg2 N7b6 17.Be4 Kd8 18.Qxg6 Bd7 19.Rh7 Qb4 20.Rb1 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qxc3+ 22.Ke2 Qa3 23.Rbh1

 

Qb2+  ?!

[ 23...Qxa2+ 24.Kf3 c3 25.Rh8 Kc7 26.Qf7 c2 27.Bxc2 Qxc2 28.Rxf8 Rxf8 29.Qxf8 Qf5+ 30.Qxf5 exf5 maintaining the advantage]

24.Kf3 Qc3+ 25.Ke2

[ 25...Bb4 26.Rb1 Qd2+ 27.Kf1 Kc7 28.Qxe6 Rf8 29.Rf7 Rxf7 30.Qxf7 Qxd4 31.Bg6 c3 maintaining the advantage!]

26.Kf3 Qxd4 27.Qf6+ Kc7 28.Qxe6 Kb8 29.Qf6 Bc5 30.R1h2 c3 31.Rxd7 !!

Nxd7 32.Rh8+ Bf8 33.Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.Qxc6 Nd7 35.Qb7# 1-0